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Energy 2.5bn without access to modern forms of energy 1.5bn without access to electricity Water 900mio without access to safe drinking water 2.5bn without access to sanitation Food 1bn suffering from hunger 2010 2030 40%-gap of water resources (between availability and demand) Population growth, urbanisation, economic growth… + 40% energy demand + 30 - 50% food demand 16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn <ul><ul><li>AT THE TIPPING POINT </li></ul></ul>

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<ul><li>By 2030 two-third of the world’s population will live in areas of high water stress. </li></ul><ul><li>Trade-offs between the different water uses are becoming reality. </li></ul><ul><li>Limited availability of water resources will in the future increasingly: </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Choke growth in emerging economies and inhibit growth in developing economies </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Keep people trapped in poverty </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Further damage ecosystems </li></ul></ul></ul>16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn <ul><ul><li>AT THE TIPPING POINT </li></ul></ul>

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THE WATER-ENERGY-FOOD SECURITY NEXUS 16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn Think interlinked! Being prepared for a resource scarce future and meeting today’s access challenges (water, energy and food) requires solutions that take into account all three sides of the water, food and energy nexus.

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BONN2011 CONFERENCE 16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn <ul><li>The Bonn2011 conference will be a multi-stakeholder conference and will bring together leaders from governments, businesses, NGOs, donors, and UN agencies to discuss the water, energy and food security nexus. </li></ul><ul><li>The Bonn2011 conveners have built strategic partnerships with IFPRI, World Economic Forum and World Wide Fund for Nature for the preparation of the conference. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>The Bonn2011 Conference provides a multi-stakeholder platform to </li></ul><ul><li>create a better understanding of the interlinkages between the sectors and to develop a joint perspective on common challenges and their interrelations and </li></ul><ul><li>discuss options and solutions as well as enabling framework conditions and incentives for change for those topics which bear the largest positive impact potential. </li></ul>BONN2011 GOALS 16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn

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<ul><li>Positioning the water, energy and food security nexus as an important dimension within the Rio2012 process and the Green Economy debates </li></ul><ul><li>Developing policy recommendations focusing on cross-sectoral approaches </li></ul><ul><li>Launching of specific initiatives to address the water, energy and food security nexus in a coherent and sustainable way </li></ul>16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

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<ul><li>The nexus thinking is a process, not a conference </li></ul><ul><li>Conferences before and after the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference host “satellite discussions” to already plant the seeds and to make progress towards the Bonn Conference </li></ul><ul><li>Stockholm World Water Week Statement concentrates on the nexus </li></ul>16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn Satellite discussions Stockholm World Water Week

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<ul><li>The GWP process is the only regionally organised process feeding into the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference </li></ul><ul><li>Regions have been asked to provide input in terms of nexus-related priorities, suggested solutions and policy recommendations regarding the water, energy and food security nexus in their regions </li></ul><ul><li>Feedback will feed into the conference discussions and ultimately into the Bonn2011 (policy) recommendations </li></ul>16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn GWP Process to Bonn2011

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16-18 November 2011 World Conference Center Bonn Thank you for your attention! For more information please visit: www.water-energy-food.org